Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE950

Applied Information Sciences Inc. (UEI: MGCZNCNTQPE9) was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and performance extending through December 28, 2035. Funded by the Missile Defense Agency, a defense-focused component of the Department of Defense, this contract employs full and open competition with no set-asides and represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle for advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for performance in accordance with individual task order requirements issued under the master contract.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement supports national defense objectives through a layered defense approach addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied partners. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and technology insertion across multiple classification levels and security domains. The contract structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders at varying classification levels utilizing multiple contract types and industry classification codes. Applied Information Sciences, an IT solutions and professional services provider headquartered in Reston, Virginia, brings established expertise in enterprise information technology, cloud engineering, systems engineering, and technical services delivery across defense and intelligence community sectors, positioning the firm to support the complex, multi-disciplinary requirements of this long-term strategic defense initiative.